{"id":34519,"date":"2018-12-26T03:58:20","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T03:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbselibrary.com\/?p=34519"},"modified":"2020-11-27T10:18:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T04:48:10","slug":"ncert-solutions-for-class-10-maths-chapter-1-ex-1-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cbselibrary.com\/ncert-solutions-for-class-10-maths-chapter-1-ex-1-3\/","title":{"rendered":"NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Maths Chapter 1 Real Numbers Ex 1.3"},"content":{"rendered":"
NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Maths Chapter 1 Real Numbers Ex 1.3<\/h2>\n
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Question 1<\/b><\/strong> \nProve that \u221a5 is irrational.<\/p>\n
Solution: \n<\/strong>Let us assume, on the contrary, that \u221a5\u00a0is a rational number. \nTherefore, we can find two integers a,b (b # 0) such that \u221a5\u00a0= a\\b \nWhere a and b are co-prime integers. \n \nThis means that b2<\/sup>\u00a0is divisible by 5 and hence, b is divisible by 5. \nThis implies that a and b have 5 as a common factor. \nAnd this is a contradiction to the fact that a and b are co-prime. \nSo our assumption that\u00a0\u221a5 is rational wrong. \nHence,\u221a5 cannot be a rational number. Therefore,\u00a0\u221a5 is rational.<\/p>\n